Saddle



my my 135., B. .1. ANDERSON 2,007,994

SADDLE Filed Dec. 5,l 1954 55m7- Hmm-mmv Muff/W0@ j UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE* to the seat portion of thesaddle.

Patented July 16, 1935 `of its proper position.-

Another and further important object of the saddle of this invention resides in the provision of means for assembling the variousy parts and maintaining'such parts in assembly without the use of ordinary orimprovisednuts andbolts.

`Still another and further important objectof this saddle resides in the means for 'securing the expansion springs to the reach member; Y l

A further and important object residesn the means` for hingedly securing the` spring guide rod A still further important object-of the saddle of this invention resides in the-means forsecuring the resilient seat thereto. p

An additional object of importance resides in the fact that ahigh grade, artistic and practically indestructible article. which isadaptable for use on various vehicles may be produced. at a fraction of l the cost usually required .for an equally'serviceable saddle. q L

The invention possesses other and further objects of advantage, somegof whichwill be set forth in the following specicationyand accompanying drawing, which shows the` preferredemf bodiment of this invention. In the drawing: i 'z q Figure 1 isa top plan view of thezsaddle of this invention wi th the resilient. Aseat `member removed.

Figure 2 is a sectional view member.

Figure 3 is a sectional View of the saddle, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 and shows the relative positions of the various parts.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a slightly enlarged sectional view of a portion of the reach member and shows the construction of one of the spring securing loops.

Figure 6 is a top plan View of the reach member.

As shown in the drawing:

The reference numeral I0 indicates in a general Way the body of the saddle which, in the preferred embodiment of this invention, consists of a single sheet metal stamping having a depressed central portion I2.

Uniformly spaced near the edges of the deof the resilient seat plurality of apertures Id. body of the saddle Ill are and inwardly to form a the body near the front end by pressing a por* tion lof said body downwardly and forwardly,` as is best shown in Figure 3.

Af substantially U-shaped rod 2u is hingedly` secured to the lower 22. These loops 22 portion of the body downwardly and thence upwardly around the rod 2li. The ends of the loops 22 contact rthe under surface of the body of the saddle and are preferably secured in this position by spot welding.

A seat member 24, preferably constructed of rubber, and having depending securing members 26 on the bottom surface thereof and corresponding in location to the apertures I4 in the de,- pressed portion of the body of the saddle, is. secured in said depressed portion by forcing the securing members 26 through the apertures I4.

The U-shaped rod E@ has an offset portion, as is clearlyshown by the reference numeral 28, to allow clearance for the rear securing member 26.

surface of the body by loops A reach member 3@ having three triangularly spaced suspension points is preferably constructed of a single stamping. The front suspension point consists of a square tongue receiving aperture 32, and is adapted to be hooked over and secured to the tongue I8. Y

, The rear suspension points consist of rod receiving apertures Sil, which are spaced to allow the rod to pass therethrough. y i

A plurality of equally spaced loops 36 surround* ing each aperture 34 provide a means for securing a spring 38 to each side of the reach member 30. The lower end of the spring may be secured to the rod in any conventional manner.

Positioned on each downwardly extending portion of the rod 2U and above the reach member 3l) is a compression spring 40.

A saddle supporting post i2 is fixed to the reach member 30, and is centrally located with respect to the three suspension points.

It will beV apparent from the foregoing that herein is provided a saddle of the dual spring type which, because of its expensive parts, may be economically produced.

Furthermore, it will be apparent thatthe seat member, upon becoming worn, may be replaced by an unskilled person without the use of special tools or equipment.

I am aware that many changes may be made are formed` by pressing a limited number'of in.

and numerous details of construction varied throughout a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I, therefore, do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than as necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a saddle for a velocipede, a seat member having a plurality of integral securing members depending from the lower surface thereof, said depending members having a central portion of greater diameter than the diameter of either the upper or lower portions thereof.

2. In a saddle for a velocipede, a seat member having a plurality of integral securing membersY depending therefrom, each depending member having a central portion substantially the shape of a frustum of a cone in vertical section.

3. In a saddle for a velocipede, a reach mem#r ber having three triangularly spaced suspension points and a centrally located supporting member, a square tonguel receiving aperture forming the front suspension point and rod receivingv apertures forming the rear suspension points, and a plurality of spaced spring securing loops formed" of the reach member itself adjacent each rod receiving aperture.

4. In a saddle for a velocipede, a reach member, a tongue receiving aperture near' the forward end of said reach member, rod receiving apertures near the rear end of said reach mem'- ber, and means concentric with each rod receiving aperture for securing a spring to' said reach member.

5. In a saddle ior a velocipede including a body, a reach member ther front end thereof being hingedly secured to said body, the rear end of said reach member being positioned'below said body, rod receiving apertures adjacent the rear end of said reach member, a plurality of' spaced spring securing loops depending from said reach member adjacent each rod receiving aperture, a pair of compressible springs positioned between said body and said reachm'ember, a pair of expansible springs secured to the reach member and depending therefrom, and a substantially U-shaped rod hingedly secured to' the body by loops formed of portions of saidl body, each end of saidU-shaped rod extending compre'ssble spring', the` downwardly through a reach member and an expansible spring', and

each end of said rod secured tothe lower end of' a depending spring.

6. In a velocipede saddle including a body, a reach member and a U-shaped spring guide rod in association, said body comprisingA a single)- stamping adapted to receive a resilient seat member on its upper surface and formed to receive and secure the forward end of said reach member and the cross portion of said inverted substantially U-shaped spring guide rod on its lower surface, rod receiving apertures in the reach member near the rear end thereof, a plurality of spring receiving formations concentric with each rod receiving aperture, and a pair of expansiblespringssecuredto said reach member and extending downwardly therefrom, the top convolution of each spring being passed through said spring` receiving formations. I

7. In a velocipede saddle including a body, a reach member and a U-shaped spring guide rod in operable association, said body, means formed of portions of said body for securing said reach member and said U-shaped spring guide rod thereto,'each end of said guide rod extending downwardly through the reach member and therebelow, a compressible spring positioned on each portion of said rod between said body and saidreach member, and an expansible spring positioned on each portion of the rod extending below said reach member, the top convolution of each expansible spring being positioned above. downwardly expanded portions of said reach member and the. bottom convolution of each spring being secured to theV guide rod adjacent the ends thereof.

8. In a velocipede saddle includingl a body, a reach member and a U-shaped spring guide rod in operable association, said body comprising said single stamping formed. to receive and secure the' forward end of saidreach member and the cross portion'of said U'shaped spring guide rod, the ends ofk saidguide rod extending downwardly through ,apertures in said reach member,. a plurality of spring receiving members projecting below the bottom surface oi'the reach member, and a helical spring secured to each rod end and extending upwardly, the top coil thereof entering into and being secured by said spring receiving members.

9. A velocipede saddle comprising a stampingv having a 'depressed'area on its upper surface, a plurality of'ap'ertures'adjacent the edges of the depressed'area, a resilient seat member of greater thickness than the depression within said depressed` area, certain portions of said seat member' extending through the plurality of apertures and contacting the lower suriace of the stamping; a'reach member hingedly connected to the front lower portion ,of the' stamping and in spring association with the rear lower portion of the'stampin'g, and a'post fixed to the central portion of the reach member.

BERT' J. ANDERSON. 

